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I didn't get back to this thread until after I took the class.

My DPS packet showed up on Friday afternoon. My class was on Saturday (yesterday), so it all worked out.

The information I was given in this thread was 100% accurate. If my packet had not shown up before the class, it would not have been an issue. I would just have had to wait until the DPS packet showed up before collecting the documents to send in to Austin.

I was disappointed in the class, and I am even MORE THANKFUL that this forum exists. I got my course completion certificate, so the class was good for that at least. I thought the instructor was WAY disorganized, and didn't present the laws well. I've learned more from this forum than the class could teach anyway.

That is ENORMOUSLY helpful!!

If I can use everything except the filled-out form, and then simply put the DPS-packet form in the envelope with everything else when I send the application, the problem goes away!

I do not have to show up at the class with the DPS packet, and I don't have to re-visit the instructor to get signatures and such on the DPS forms later.

I feel much better now, thank you!

(I bet that, after learning all this and stressing myself out over it, the DPS packet will be in my mailbox when I get home...)

joe817 wrote:You don't need the packet DPS sends you to take the class. If anything I'd take the packet that the instructor gives you, take it home with you and just wait until you receive the packet from Austin.

I'm with you there, but still have some trepidation.

I'm taking the information that says that the DPS packet and the packet I'd get from the CHL instructor are somehow different from the wording here: http://www.txchia.org/getchl.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Under Section A (Completing an Application), Option 2 (Submit a request by internet), subsection "d" states that "DPS will send you the application forms to complete. The forms available through CHL instructors cannot be substituted".

If I'm understanding this correctly, I can still TAKE THE CLASS, but I cannot use the forms that the instructor provides. I have NO IDEA what these forms are exactly that I cannot use (instead having to use the DPS forms in the packet that I have not received yet). The class I signed up for lists that they include "all forms, affidavits, notary, fingerprinting, and photos".

Since I cannot use the instructor forms, does that have any effect on the other items (notary, affidavits, fingerprinting, and photos)? I assume not on the photos, but do they have to notarize something that I should be getting in the DPS packet? Does the DPS packet contain DPS-issued fingerprint cards that I must use?

So if mine follows the same timeline as yours, it will be next week before mine shows up in the mailbox.

Here's what I don't understand: My CHL class is this Saturday. If my DPS packet doesn't show up until after the class, how do I handle that situation? I cannot use the instructor-supplied forms and fingerprint cards. Can I just bring the packet to the instructor once it shows up (and still take the class even though my packet hasn't arrived)? Or, do I need to postpone the class until after the packet show up?

It is not really a hassle to take the class, skip their forms, and drive back up there once my DPS packet shows, since the class takes place at the gun range I practice in anyway, so the drive is not out-of-the-way.

They charged my credit card on the 22nd. That was last Monday.

If it is not here tomorrow, I'll call them.

Thanks everyone!

I filled out the application on the DPS website on Feb. 19. I still have not received anything in the mail.

My CHL class is on March 13th.

I understand that I will need to use the stuff in the DPS packet since I applied/paid online for the DPS part. I cannot use the instructor-supplied items in lieu of the DPS-supplied items.

Should I be worried that my DPS packet hasn't arrived? On one hand, it has only been 5 business days, but on the other hand, it has already been 5 whole business days!